I do think Psion could be the one newt replacement except you can only buy
them online. No presence whatsoever in retail. Dave McNeill from pen
computing mag seems to like them a lot too. But he likes the 5mx.
I wont buy something else though until I can go down to the store and play
with it.
"Egun On Lagunak!!"
Pete Nalda
http://www.realtime.net/~lpnalda
icq #39399612
-----Original Message-----
From: RAND Peter <Peter.Rand@bankaustria.com>
To: 'newtontalk@planetnewton.com' <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:22 AM
Subject: NTLK Other Platforms: Palm is definitely NOT the one
>In the past year or so I've had the opportunity to review a number of other
>PDAs: the Palm IIIx, the Psion 5mx, the Casio E-105 and the Psion Revo.
This
>opportunity to "try before I buy" really cured me of ever wanting to own a
>Palm or a WinCE machine. The Palm IIIx was pretty good as a calendar and
>eBook reader, but was miserable at everything else I wanted a PDA for. The
>Casio's hardware seemed nice, but navigating through WinCE was like finding
>my way through a maze.... tap, tap, tap - dead end. Hmm... left turn, tap,
>tap, tap - dead end. Really frustrating! I liked the Psion 5mx, but found
it
>a bit too bulky to comfortably carry in my pocket. Then Psion introduced
the
>Revo in November - wow! Finally a PDA which in many ways is a worthy Newton
>successor. Fits handily in a jacket pocket, has a very clear screen,
>built-in apps (word-processing, spreadsheet, agenda) are really top class
>and the keyboard allows for rapid and easy data input. The email app can
>easily view multiple attachments (Word97 docs, JPEGs, zip files, etc), and
>desktop synchronization (at least for Windows machines) is pretty good. The
>NetHopper-style web-browser (complete with JPEGs and cookies, but no
>advanced Newt's Cape functions)is simple but useable. There are third party
>programs available that also let you zip/unzip files right on the Revo,
>write programs, follow newsgroups and participate in ICQ chats. The Revo
can
>also exchange agenda and contact info via IR with Palms, and works
>flawlessly with IR enabled hard-modem cell-phones (Ericsson I-888, Motorola
>Timeport, etc.). In addition, it's easy to convert standard WAV files and
>listen to them on the Revo, and sending and receiving faxes is no problem
>(although Psion claims the Revo doesn't fax!). The Revo recently won the
>"best hardware" award at Comdex - and it deserved it, too: - based on the
>units I've reviewed, this is the only PDA that comes even remotely close to
>the Newton in terms of functionality. A really fantastic machine, and a
>pleasure to use and own.
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